The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (the Security Rule) establish a national set of security standards for protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form.

The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (the Security Rule) establish a national set of security standards for protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form. The Security Rule requires covered healthcare organizations to maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for protecting PHI. Specifically, covered entities must: . Ensure PHI confidentiality {not available or disclosed to unauthorized persons), integrity (not altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner), and availability (accessible and usable on demand by an authorized person) of all PHI they create, receive, maintain or transmit. . Identify and protect against reasonably anticipated threats to the security, integrity, and impermissible uses or disclosures of the information Perhaps surprisingly, one of the most serious threats, especially to celebrities comes from healthcare workers themselves. Read the article: EHR snooping: Best efforts to bust._punish and prevent it flplore the problem of healthcare workers illegally accessing EHRs. Include each of the following points in your ofiscusslon: . Summarize the Security Rule that protects the PHI List five parts of the PHI that are protected Discuss if politicians, celebrities, and family members are entitled to PHI privacy 0 0 Share what punishment you would deserve if you illegally accessed someone’s PHI When may a healthcare worker legally access a PHI?